Disney stock jumps after Disney Plus hits 60 million subscribers

2 minutes ago | Business Insider

Disney stock jumped as much as 6.4% in pre-market trading on Wednesday. Investors celebrated the news that Disney Plus has attracted more than 60 million subscribers in its...
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Lebanon's devastating blast came in the middle of an unprecedented economic crisis, frequent power outages, and hospitals struggling to contain the coronavirus

2 minutes ago | Business Insider

On Tuesday, a seismic blast at the port in Beirut, Lebanon , killed more than 100 people and injured thousands more . The timing is devastating. Lebanon is currently in the...
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Safaris That Bring $29 Billion to Africa Threatened by Virus

26 minutes ago | Bloomberg

Africa's wildlife tourism industry, which usually generates $29 billion a year and employs 3.6 million people, is under threat as the coronavirus has brought leisure travel to...
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Chicago Public Schools will start the year with all remote learning: source

48 minutes ago | WGN TV

CHICAGO - Chicago Public Schools will start the year with all remote learning, according to a source. Last month, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson unveiled a...
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Gold Rallies as Global Markets Rise: Live Updates

52 minutes ago | NY Times

How investors in $10 billion UiPath spotted an emerging European software decacorn

1 hour ago | Business Insider

Enterprise software startup UiPath is Europe's latest decacorn, hitting a valuation of $10 billion after a Series E fundraise in July. UiPath offers something called robotic...
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Jim Cramer says a wave of 'clueless buyers' is helping to fuel the stock market's 'stupidly bullish' sentiment right now

1 hour ago | Business Insider

CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer said a wave of "clueless" buyers is inflating stock market prices. "Sometimes the market rallies and it makes perfect sense," he said on his show...
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A Conservative Judicial Star Faces a Right-Wing Litmus Test

2 hours ago | Bloomberg

Neomi Rao has made pro-Trump rulings, but abortion foes question her credentials.
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Heavy Troop Presence as Kashmir Marks Year of Lost Autonomy

2 hours ago | Bloomberg

Authorities lifted a curfew in the main city in India's portion of Kashmir where sweeping movement and Internet curbs and a heavier than usual military presence marked a year...
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With Debt Deal Done, Argentina Must Now Answer: What's the Plan?

3 hours ago | Bloomberg

Argentina's historic $65 billion deal with its private creditors merely marks the first stage of an uphill battle to rescue its crisis-prone, debt-laden economy.
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Chasm grows between President Trump and government coronavirus experts

Until recently, the medical experts on the White House coronavirus task force have walked a tightrope. But as deaths and infections surge, a divide has been growing between the... Read more ...

Navy finds human remains on sunken Marine tank off Southern California

The Navy on Tuesday located an amphibious tank that sank off the Southern California coast last week and is preparing to recover the human remains of troops believed to have... Read more ...

President Trump signs $3B-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks

Supporters say the act is the most significant conservation legislation enacted in nearly half a century. Opponents countered that the money isn't enough to cover the estimated... Read more ...

'Save Space Camp' drive pulls in more than $1 million in days after pandemic...

A fundraising drive launched to help the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and Space Camp through the coronavirus pandemic has pulled in more than $1.1 million in just a few days. Read more ...

Progressive Activist Cori Bush Projected To Oust Longtime Missouri Rep. Lacy...

Rep. William Lacy Clay has represented the state's 1st Congressional District, around St. Louis, since 2001. Read more ...

Explosion in Beirut: Photos From a City Still Reeling From the Blast

A massive explosion rocked the capital city of Lebanon on Tuesday, causing widespread destruction and loss of life. So far, at least 60 people were killed in the blast and over... Read more ...

Beijing complains to US about health chief Azar's visit to Taiwan, highest...

China has lodged stern representations with the United States over the upcoming visit of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to Taiwan, the Foreign Ministry in... Read more ...

Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital Beirut

Local news reported multiple people were wounded in the incident. Read more ...

Abreu, White Sox edge Brewers 3-2 for 6th straight victory

MILWAUKEE - These don't appear to be the same old Chicago White Sox that have stumbled through seven consecutive losing seasons. Read more ...

Death toll from Beirut blast rises to 100, more victims remain under rubble...

The death toll from the powerful explosions in Lebanon's capital Beirut has grown to 100 and could increase even more, the head of the Lebanese Red Cross has warned. Lebanese... Read more ...